Athletic shoe



D. J. GOLDEN ATHLETIC SHOE .Oct. 27, 1925- Filed May 22 1924' Patenteda. 27. 1925.

UNITED STATES DANIEL J. GOLDEN OF BROCKTQN, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATHLETIC SHOE.

Application filed May 22,

To'all whom a may concern I Be it knownthat I, DANIEL J. GOLDEN, citizenof the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouthand Stateqof Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inAthletic Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a shoe having ground-engaging cleatsprojecting from the tread face of the outer sole. The object of theinvention is to provide improved means for connecting the cleats withthe outer sole in such manner as to stably support the cleats andprevent them from tipping without interfering with the flexibility ofthe sole, the nature of the connecting means be- I ing such that thecleats may be readily detached from the sole, and are free fromliability of being accidentally detached. This object is attained by theimproved construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompan ing drawings forming a part of this speci cation,-

Figure 1 is a bottom view of a portion of a shoe as it appears beforethe cleats are connected with the outsole.

Fi ure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 shlowing the cleats connectedwith the outso e.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional View showing one of the cleats.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing a portion of the outsole.

Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlargement of a portion of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is an enlarged sectional view showing a modification.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 5, showing a modification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures. i

The outsole. 12 of an athletic shoe is provided with a plurality oforifices 13 extending through the sole from side to side. In theorifices are inserted metal sockets-or bushings 14 which are internallyscrewthreaded, and are provided with annular flanges or heads 15 seatedon the tread face of the sole. The flanges are united to the sole byfastenings, such as rivets 16 extend- 1924. Serial No. 715,093.

ing through the flanges by Figure 5.

The cleats 17 may be of any desired external form, and are here shown astruncated pyramids. Each cleat has an enand sole, as shown larged base'face 18 and is provided with a shank having a screw threaded portionprojectingfrom the base face and adapted to engage a socket 14, as shownby Figure 7.

The cleats are preferably of molded vul-- canized fiber or othermoldable and somewhat compressible material, each cleat being preferablymolded upon its shank and interlocked therewith so that the cleat cannotturn on the shank. The preferred form of the shank is that shown byFigures 4 and 6, the shank including a major portion 19 having a head 20and ears 21 all embedded in the cleat, and a screw threaded minorportion 22 projecting from the base face 18.

The cleat is adapted to be manually turned to screw the shank portion 22into a socket 14. This operation is continued until the base face of thecleat is firmly seated on the flange 15 of a socket, the compressibilityof the material of the cleat permitting the base face 18 to conformclosely to the flange 15 and to the heads of the rivets 16, and beindented by said heads, so that the cleat and its shank are free fromliability to be accidentally turned in a direction unscrewing the shankfrom the socket.

I prefer to impart a concave base face 18 as shown by Figure 4. Theintersection'of the concave face with the side faces of the cleat formsan acute angled margin 24 adapted, by the compressibility of the cleatmaterial, to be somewhat distorted as shown by Figure 7, andfrictionally engage the surface on which the cleat is seated and thusadditionally oppose the accidental turning of the cleat.

The flanges 15 and their fastenings 16 impartrigidity to the portions ofthe sole covered by the flanges, so that the cleats are stably supportedon the sole. The flexibility of the sole is practically unimpaired bythe flanges because they are independentof each other and are spacedapart.

In case the cleat is made of lifts of sole leather 'as indicated byFigure'8, the shank may be separable from the cleat and may include ama'or portion 25 inserted in an orifice form .for its reception in thecleat,

form t to the V a head 26 seated on the outer end of the cleat andadapted to be engaged by a screw driver, and a threaded portion 27projecting from the base face 18 and adapted to engage a socket 14.

If desired, the flange 15 may be seated on the inner face of the sole asshown by Figure 9, although I prefer to seat the flanges on the treadface.

I claim:

An athletic shoe having orifices extending through its outsole,internally threaded metal sockets inserted in said orifices and providedwith annular flanges of greater diameter than the sockets and seated ona face of the sole around the sockets, rivets uniting the flanges in thesole and thereby rotating engagement with the projecting heads of therivets.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

DANIEL J. GOLDEN

